Alicia's Diary

“Just knowing that we can see each other at any time has led us to forget the distance between us.”

I love this sentence.

It’s quoted from an article talking about the phenomenon of video chats. I have never tried it, and I think I won’t be comfortable before Webcams. However, I do love the quoted feelings! It’s some kind of linkage. Ok, you may say that it’s deceiving, you can not touch the person you see, shake hands with him, needless to say to hug him. But, seeing is so magic! It just makes one believe that we are near each other! The eye is the window to the soul— I think this is why the magic works. By seeing, you believe; you see the invisible connection between each other, and you believe distance can’t dispart each other. (and by the more and more convenient transportation, such belief is well enhanced.)

I think I love this sentence because of the belief. I have some good friends in far-away places, and distance sometimes makes me questioning about the everlasting friendship. I think everyone likes positive energy, so I guess this is why I love those words, magic feelings.

Anniversary!

Nonono~~~  It should be full moon.  Haha~~  Ok, let’s get down to the topic.  It has been a full month since I moved back home. (and It’s been almost two years away from my last Diary!) What did I do in this month? I cleaned my bedroom, went to Mazu Temple, received my colleague from Taipei, joined my contemporaries’ welcome party, went to Backstreet Boys’ concert, met my former roommates in Taipei, made acquaintances with new friends, and was surprised to see my Taipei colleague in my office! It looks like a solid list, but frankly, nothing…  I did nothing… wuwu…  I feel that I’m fooling around (the evidence is that I’m getting weight!). I have no actual schedule. I have no aim. I’m not living actively.

I feel I’m becoming plain…  I think to live actively makes a woman beautiful.  Quote a famous artist’s saying, “As long as you wish to be beautiful, you will be beautiful.”  Yes, I want to be beautiful!  So I should make up my plan.

April~May

1.      Learn earnest and humble at work.

2.      Read a book every month.

3.      CNN catch-up…

4.      Rope skipping every day

5.      Check everyday’s doing before bed

    Hope I will be attractive then ^_____^

Today is the first day I sit behind the wheel. 

I’m going to talk about what I learned this morning

After my instructor's demonstration, we changed seats.  Ok, I was a driver now ^^  I adjusted my seat to a comfortable driving position, put my right foot on the brake, stepped on it and wiggled the shifter to Drive gear.  Slowly, I released the brake, and the learner-driven vehicle moved!  (Ha~  That's quite different from riding a motorcycle— it moves only when a rider accelerates it.)

The first thing was to turn the car around a bend.  That’s quite hard for me  I don’t know when to turn the wheel and turn it back just in time.  I got into others’ lane or drove off-center while making a turn.  However, I made a beautiful turn once in a while   My instructor said I need to learn the feel of controlling the steering wheel.  And the secret lies in “practice.”

The second thing was to drive back and forth.  I was good at this part.  Oh, remember to shift the gear to Reverse before backing up

The third and much more complicated thing today was roadside parking.  I need to know where I should look, to which direction I should turn the wheel and how many turns, and when to stop.  It is like a recipe— one has steps to follow.

To begin is all like this— one knows rules, follows steps, practices, and drives out his own way.